“Yasuní is home to Ecuador’s last indigenous peoples living in voluntary isolation,” actress Michelle Monaghan chimes in, stopping to film the urgent plea during a recent visit to San Francisco. “Their survival is worth more than a few days’ oil.”

Amazon Watch and Yasunidos released an exciting new PSA today featuring celebrity supporters rising in solidarity with Ecuadorians to defend the controversial Yasuní National Park from oil drilling.

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